an international firestorm growing.. all over president trump's twitter account. now the prime minister of britain is speaking out-- and the president is firing back. the details.. coming up. good morning washington. - cooler for the last day of november - dry for the national tree lighting this evening - spotty showers overnight - dry & cool first weekend of december - cold pattern comes late next week today: mix of clouds and sun. cooler, but still above average. highs: 55-60 winds: ne to se 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. spotty showers. clearing by dawn. lows: 38-44 winds: s 5 mph friday: mostly sunny. seasonable and breezy. highs: 51-56 winds: nw 5-15+ mph the senate is expected take a vote on the gop tax reform bill before the close of

expected take a vote on the gop tax reform bill before the close of business tomorrow. this morning, president trump is back at the white house after rallying supporters in missouri around the plan. but the president made no mention of his tweets that are now causing an international firestorm. abc's kenneth moton has the latest from northwest. developing now--

nbc fires longtime news anchor matt lauer-- new women now coming forward accusing home of sexual misconduct. the new york times is reporting two more women have come forward with complaints against lauer -- including a former employee who claims he had sex with her -- in his office. "variety" published an article wednesday that it had been working on for months... citing specific claims by women he worked with. it accused lauer of dropping his pants in front of a colleague -- and having a button under his desk that would let him lock his door without ever getting up. former fox news anchor -- gretchen carlson weighed in on the case talking about how much society has changed since last year when she sued her former boss, roger ailes, for sexual harassment. lauer's firing -- comes after an unidentified

employee made claims of inappropriate sexual behavior that began at the sochi olympics in 2014. just hours after the news about matt lauer broke - another shocking departure. garrison keillor, fired from minnesota public radio. the former host of a prairie home companion claims his firing stems from an incident when he touched a woman's bare back while trying to console her. he says he immediately apologized and thought she had forgiven him. developing now in the district-- a 7 on your side i-team investigation. students... getting a diploma - while missing months of class. now we are hearing more from the whistleblower behind the investigation... and the school's response to her claims. nathan baca has more. following our investigation-- mayor muriel

assuring parents that district officials are doing everything they can to fix this situation. we set up a hotline for parents to call us with any issues happening in their children's schools. you can find that number - and all our reporting on the ballou investigation

abc-7 news app. happening today-- the destructive 20-17 atlantic hurricane season finally comes to an end. there were seventeen named storms this year... 10 of which became hurricanes. among them - the three most notorious storms.. harvey, irma and maria with left a path of death and destruction in the u-s and carribbean. the property damage from those storms is estimated to cost 206 billion dollars. coming up-- police release new information about how they connected this man to a string of deadly attacks. but one thing remains a mystery. plus, a stunning sight in a netherlands courtroom. what this man shouted before ingesting poison in front of dozens of people.

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- spotty showers overnight - dry & cool first weekend of december

next week today: mix of clouds and sun. cooler, but still above average. highs: 55-60 winds: ne to se 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. spotty showers. clearing by dawn. lows: 38-44 winds: s 5 mph friday: mostly sunny. seasonable and breezy. highs: 51-56 winds: nw 5-15+ mph coming up-- an early holiday

mother charged with a felony for putting a recorder in her daughter's backpack, to catch bullies. an update on the story.. ahead. plus, there is popular, and then there is marvel popular. stunning numbers for the newest "avengers" trailer. we'll break it down.. coming up.

the man charged with murdering four people in tampa, florida will make his first court appearance today. and we're learing about what led to 24-year-old howell donaldson's arrest on tuesday. donaldson, a mcdonald's employee, gave the restaurant's manager a bag with a gun in it for safe keeping, then left. police say they matched the gun and donaldson's cell phone data to the murders. donaldson graduated in january from st. john's university in new york. until tuesday's arrest, he had no criminal record. investigators are trying to find a motive for the killings. also developing, an incident at the world court in the hague, has people around the world stunned. the judge told a man, his 20-year sentence for war crimes during the bosnian war would

then this happened. after swallowing poison, the man calmly announced, "i have taken poison." attempts to revive him failed. it's unclear how he was able to smuggle poison into court. security procedures are now being tightened. take a look at this bus crash in albuquerque, new mexico! this is a brand new rapid transit bus, which the city had just unveiled. video taken from the front of the bus shows a red car swerving in front of it. that car was in a new dedicated bus lane. for months, the city warned drivers, they're not allowed to drive in those bus lanes. city transit officials have now issued another reminder. an update this morning on a norfolk mother, charged with a felony for sending her 9-year old daughter to school with a recording device. all charges have been dropped against sarah sims. she faced felony charges of intercepting wi

communications and misdemeanor charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. sims said her daughter was being bullied and she wanted to capture proof. now-- she is just happy that she and her family can enjoy her holiday. the norfolk commonwealth's attorney's office said it requested that the charges be dismissed after thoroughly reviewing the case. happier news in new york-- where the happier news in new york-- where the holiday season is in full swing. the rockefeller tree lighting ceremony featured some big musical name

but of course the crowd was really there for one big moment... the annual event also featured lots of celebrity guests. and best of all-- it was free to the public. the tree will remain at rockefeller center until january seventh... then it will be donated to habitat for humanity. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen

- dry for the national tree lighting this evening - spotty showers overnight - dry & cool first weekend of december - cold pattern comes late next week today: mix of clouds and sun. cooler, but still above average. highs: 55-60 winds: ne to se 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. spotty showers. clearing by dawn. lows: 38-44 winds: s 5 mph friday: mostly sunny. seasonable and breezy. highs: 51-56 winds: nw 5-15+ mph coming up-- scam artists

grandparents this holiday season. we'll tell you how to spot thieves before trick you out of thousands of dollars.

holidays bright for kids in need. we'll hold our big toys for tots' drive at national harbor this weekend. join us this saturday from 11 to 3 -- and donate a toy to make this holiday a happy one for those children. a crime alert now, montgomery county

about a phone scam targeting grandparents. police say there have been two victims. they each lost five-thousand dollars. we talked with one victim, joyce thomas of silver spring. she recently received a call from a man who sounded upset. the man asked if his lawyer could call. another man did, and said he needed five-thousand dollars for bail. so thomas went to the bank and wired money. she eventually called her grandson, and was surprised to learn, he wasn't in jail. she's now working with police and the bank to try to get her money back. we are about to start decembers-- but apparently super hero fans are already excited about next summer. that's when "avengers: infinity war" hits theaters. a new trailer for the super hero flick

debuted yesterday. it features all of the marvel heroes and a big new villain. to say that it went viral doesn't do it justice. the 2 minute trailer has been viewed more than 37 million times in the last 20 hours. there is much more coming up on good morning there is much more coming up on good morning washington. ryan hughes.. what are you working on for 5 0-clock.

matt lauer hours after his firing. the secret button the today anchor reportedly had under his desk and what a former co-worker is now accusing him of doing. plus: twitter tension.. president trump firing back on social media, after causing